And for my second entry this month. Another take on elegance in simplicity.

Processing is the same as before:
1. Crop.
2. Convert to B&W.
3. Slight tweak in Levels.
4. Two passes of Unsharp Mask.

There you have it.

-monkey

__________________But of bliss and of glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion